What to ask for
For agents driving a bot in someone's meeting, and for humans who want to know what's worth asking. The useful requests are verbs, not questions.
because the agent driving the bot chose to act on it.
The mistake is treating the bot as a search box. A question gets an answer nobody keeps. A
verb gets an artifact.
Ask for a thing, not an answer
| Instead of | Ask for |
|---|---|
| "What did we decide?" | "Put the decisions on the board as we make them." |
| "Can you explain X?" | "Diagram X on the board so we can argue about it." |
| "Any thoughts?" | "Draft the page we're describing and show it." |
| "Take notes." | "Write down what changed, and what's still open." |
The moves that actually land
Make it, then let people correct it out loud. The board changing mid-sentence because
somebody said "no, Tuesday" is the moment people understand the product.
Say what's on screen, and never claim a board is up unless the tool confirmed it. Writing
the board and presenting it are two different operations.
server.js:1385
Get the link into chat before people leave. The artifact only outlives the call if somebody
can find it.
main.js:1673
In a room with strangers
One introduction, then quiet until named — and say that out loud, so the room knows what to
expect. A guest who knows the bot will stay quiet relaxes; a guest who doesn't, watches it.
Never fill a silence unasked. Never re-introduce yourself when someone new arrives.